Mark Zuckerberg Lobbies Trump to Settle Antitrust Suit Against Meta

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Techme101

The Meta chief, who was at the White House on Wednesday, has discussed the case with the president and his aides. A trial is set to start in less than two weeks.

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I played the £75 Mario Kart World on Switch 2 – was it worth it?

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Techme101

The BBC gets hands-on with the hotly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2, launching in June.

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Runway, best known for its video-generating AI models, raises $308M

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Techme101

Runway, a startup developing a range of generative AI models for media production, including video-generating models, has raised $308 million in a Series D funding round. General Atlantic led the round, which had participation from Fidelity Management & Research Company, Baillie Gifford, Nvidia, SoftBank, and others. The fresh capital will be put toward AI research […]

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The Nintendo Switch 2, hands-on: It’s pretty good!

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Techme101

At a presentation unveiling the Nintendo Switch 2, longtime Nintendo producer Kouichi Kawamoto revealed that at one point, he considered calling the Switch’s successor the “Super Nintendo Switch.” It would have been a nice nod to Nintendo’s second console, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, which followed the original NES about 35 years ago. But Kawamoto, […]

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Looking for New Career Opportunities? Study for the PMP® Certification with This Preparation Pack

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Techme101

With 21.5 hours of training, you could successfully study, prepare, and pass the latest PMP® certification exam.

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Fuse raises $6.6M to fix a payment problem for companies expanding to MENA

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Techme101

Expanding into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remains a costly and complex challenge for global businesses, thanks to fragmented regulations and banking systems. Dubai-based fintech Fuse aims to simplify that with a cross-border payments API and has raised $6.6 million in seed funding to make it happen. Founded in 2023 by George Davis, […]

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Plaid raises funding at $6 billion valuation, enabling some employees to cash out

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Techme101

Plaid announced a new funding round that values the fintech company at less than half of its peak price tag four years ago.

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Buyers circle and rumours swirl as TikTok sale deadline looms

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Techme101

Despite the increasing number of potential buyers, neither the app nor its Chinese owner have confirmed they will do a deal.

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Truecaller now has over 450M monthly active users

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Techme101

Caller ID app Truecaller said on Thursday that it crossed the 450 million user mark earlier this week. The company said that it added 50 million users in the past 10 months and 15.5 million users since the beginning of 2025. India is the company’s biggest user base, so it wasn’t surprising to see Truecaller […]

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Fintech Plaid raises $575M at a $6.1B valuation, says it will not go public in 2025

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Techme101

Plaid, which connects bank accounts to financial applications, has sold about $575 million worth of common stock at a $6.1 billion post-money valuation, the fintech company confirmed to TechCrunch. The valuation is about less than half of the $13.4 billion that San Francisco-based Plaid was valued at when it raised a $425 million Series D […]

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